34-year old center Nicklas Bergstrom (205-C-78) put on an amazing game in the last round for Blackeberg and receives a Eurobasket.com Basketettan Player of the Week award for round 22.He had a double-double of 28 points and 13 rebounds, while his team crushed Alvik Basket (#8, 10-12) with 21-point margin 86-65. Blackeberg maintains the 4th position in Swedish Basketettan. They would have been even better if they hadn't lost a few games earlier this season. Blackeberg will need more victories to improve their 14-8 record. Bergstrom has many years of experience at Blackeberg, through which he has constantly improved. Bergstrom has impressive league stats. He is in league's top in points (5th best: 19.5ppg) and averages solid 1.1bpg and 56.6% FGP.

Second best performed player last round was Jon Jonsson (201-F-87) of league's second-best Taby. He is a forward in his first season at Taby. In the last game Jonsson recorded impressive 33 points and 6 rebounds. Of course he lead Taby to another comfortable win 79-66 over the lower-ranked Fryshuset (#9, 9-13) being unquestionably team leader. Despite this victory Taby slide down in the standings to 2nd position in North. His team lost just four games this season, while they won 17 matches. Jonsson is a newcomer at Taby and quickly became one of team's most reliable players.

Third place about best performers goes to forward Richard Hartmann (201-F-89) of league's leader Akropol. Hartmann showcased his all-around game by recording 19 points, fifteen rebounds (!!!) and four assists in the last round. He was a key player of Akropol, leading his team to a 74-70 win against #3 ranked LF Future in a game of the week. Akropol confirms their top position in North Hartmann has a great season in Sweden. After 21 games, he made it on the list of the league's leaders in points with 19.1ppg (7th best) and rebounds with 9.4rpg (5th best).

The Player of the week is chosen based on efficiency calculation, but also including game result, importance of the game, if played recorded double-double/triple-double, etc.The efficiency formula is a combination of various formulas used by different basketball organizations/leagues. We got involved many basketball scouts and journalists to assure it's accuracy.The formula: 1.5*PTS + 3* (REB+AST+ST+BL-TO) - 2*BSAG - 4*PF + 3*PFRV + 4* (2FGPM+3FGPM) + 1.5*FTM - 3* (2FGPA-2FGPM) - 3* (3FGPA-3FGPM) - (FTA-FTM)

Illawarra Hawks (NBL) agreed terms with 28-year old American power forward Delvon Johnson (206-110kg-89, college: Arkansas). He played last season at Sodertalje Kings in Swedish Basketligan. Johnson managed to play in three leagues last year. In 48 Basketligan games he had 6.0ppg and 5.2rpg. He helped them to make it to the final. Johnson also played 10 games in FIBA Europe Cup where he recorded 4.9ppg, 4.9rpg and 1.1bpg. And finally he contributed to 2 games in Basketball Champions Leagu... [read more]

Illawarra Hawks (NBL) agreed terms with 28-year old American power forward Delvon Johnson (206-110kg-89, college: Arkansas). He played last season at Sodertalje Kings in Swedish Basketligan. Johnson managed to play in three leagues last year. In 48 Basketligan games he had 6.0ppg and 5.2rpg. He helped them to make it to the final. Johnson also played 10 games in FIBA Europe Cup where he recorded 4.9ppg, 4.9rpg and 1.1bpg. And finally he contributed to 2 games in Basketball Champions League where he averaged 3.0ppg, 4.5rpg and 1.0bpg. The previous (15-16) season Johnson played at Oettinger Rockets Gotha in German ProA. In 38 games he got 8.6ppg, 7.0rpg and 1.0bpg. He contributed to his team making it to the semifinals. Johnson was voted SEC All-Defensive Team back in 2011 at his college time.Johnson is quite experienced player. His career allowed him to visit three different continents, while he played in six different countries. Johnson tasted the life as pro basketball player in Europe, Asia and of course North America. He has played previously professionally also in Cyprus (Keravnos), Finland (Kouvot), Romania (BC Timisoara), Switzerland (Lugano Tigers) and South Korea (KCC Egis).Johnson attended University of Arkansas until 2011 and it will be his seventh season as a professional player.

Umea BSKT (Basketligan) brought in 24-year old Swedish point guard Rami Ghanem (183-93). He just graduated from Keyano . Ghanem was selected to All-ACAC North Division 2nd Team in 2017.He has played previously for Brahe Basket, Polisen and KFUM Fryshuset.

ASA Koroivos Amaliadas (A1) strengthened their roster with addition of 24-year old American forward Shaquille Hines (203-88kg-93, college: UTRGV). He played most recently at Boras Basket in Swedish Basketligan. In 33 games he recorded 11.2ppg, 5.1rpg and 1.2apg last season. Hines' team was regular season runner-up in GWC in 2013. He graduated from University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in 2016 and it will be his second season in pro basketball. ASA Koroivos Amaliadas roster for 2017-2018:... [read more]

ASA Koroivos Amaliadas (A1) strengthened their roster with addition of 24-year old American forward Shaquille Hines (203-88kg-93, college: UTRGV). He played most recently at Boras Basket in Swedish Basketligan. In 33 games he recorded 11.2ppg, 5.1rpg and 1.2apg last season. Hines' team was regular season runner-up in GWC in 2013.He graduated from University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in 2016 and it will be his second season in pro basketball.

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